Pretreatment with hydroxyurea of the patient with essential thrombocythemia followed by coronary artery bypass surgery

الملخص EN

The risk of thrombosis is high in patients with essential thrombocythemia.

Special precaution needed for those patients who will undergo Coronary artery bypass grafting.

We are reporting a 62 years old patient with ischemic heart disease who was found to have essential thrombocythemia.

This report explains the preoperative management and the postoperative risks anticipated due to the treatment